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__AReferenceGrammarofModernStandardArabic(KarinC.Ryding)
WordbyWord
Firstpublishedin2005,thisbookfocusesonmodernstandardArabicbutnearlyallofitisapplicableto
QuranDictionary classicalArabicaswell.Whilethebookis700pageslong,itisstillaneasytousereferencegrammarfor
theaveragelearner,orthenonspecializedlinguist.ThegrammarframeworkusedtoexplaintheArabic
EnglishTranslation language is that of traditional Arabic grammar, with both English and traditional Arabic terminology
SyntacticTreebank used side by side. A recommended book for English speakers wanting to learn traditional Arabic
grammar,eventhoughthefocusismodernstandardArabic.Ifyouarelookingforasinglebookthenthis
OntologyofConcepts isprobablytheonetoget.

Documentation ANewArabicGrammaroftheWrittenLanguage(Haywood&Nahmad)
AnolderbookthanRyding'swiththesecondeditionfirstpublishedin1965.CoversbothclassicalArabic
QuranicGrammar
andmodernstandardArabic,althoughtheprefacestatesthatthebookisnotareferencegrammarbut
MessageBoard was intended to be used for teaching. Terminology from traditional Arabic grammar is used both in
EnglishandinArabic.
Resources
Publications AGrammaroftheArabicLanguage(WilliamWright)
Bibliography Firstpublishedin1859,thisisstillconsideredbymanytobethestandardreferenceforclassicalArabic
Datadownload grammar. The book uses both English and Arabic terminology to explain morphology and syntax. A
Releasenotes detailed book, yet some of the terminology used may seem slightly archaic. Both volumes of the third
Mailinglist editionareavailableonlineinPDFformat.

Feedback ArabicThroughtheQuran(AlanJones)
FocusesonthelanguageofclassicalQuranicArabic.TheaimofthebookistoallowEnglishreadersto
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learn enough Arabic to be able to read the Quran in its original language. A good book that contains
some useful insights into Quranic Arabic, but does not go into as much detail as either Haywood &
Nahmad,orRyding.

AGrammarofClassicalArabic(FischerandRodgers)
Translated from German into English, this reference grammar goes into more detail than most other
books,withanindepthanalysisofboththemorphologyandsyntaxofclassicalArabic.Agoodbookto
have,butunfortunatelytheauthordoesnotusestandardtermsfromtraditionalArabicgrammarwhen
explainingArabicsyntax.Nevertheless,thebookisstillrecommendedgivenitsfocusonclassicalArabic,
anddeepcoverageasareferencegrammar.

AnArabicCourseforEnglishSpeakingStudents(DrAbdurRahim)
Although this is a teaching course which starts out with the very basics of Arabic, the last third of the
course covers the details of Arabic grammar, with grammar rules written out in concise way. Good
teachingmaterialwithexplanationsinbothEnglishandArabic.Thecoursewasoriginallydevisedand
taughtattheIslamicUniversityofMadinah.

BasicQuranicArabicGrammar(JamalunNisabintRafai)
AshortgrammarbookthatprovidesaconciseoverviewoftheArabicgrammaroftheQuranusingboth
EnglishandArabicterminologyformtraditionalArabicgrammar.Thebookisusefulbecauseofitsfocus
on the Quran, and can be used as a quick reference for the basic morphology and syntax of classical
QuranicArabic.

LearningtheLanguageoftheQuran(HaqAnsari)
Divided into 36 lessons, the book provides a wide coverage discussion of traditional Arabic grammar,
with a focus on Quranic Arabic. The book is written in English, and uses Arabic terminology from
traditional Arabic grammar. The end of each lesson contains a summary which concisely lists the
grammarrulescoveredinthatsection.

GrammarandSemanticsinMedievalArabic(AdrianGully)
AdaptedfromGully'sPhDthesis,thisbookisbothacommentaryandareviewoftheseminalworkby
ibnhishmonArabicgrammar.Aparticularfocusoftheworkisthesyntaxandsemanticsofparticles.
Gully'sbookisarareinsightforEnglishspeakersintotheworkofhistoricArabicgrammarians.

ModernStandardArabicGrammar:AConciseGuide(AzzaHassanein)
Asthetitlesuggests,thisisaconcisesetofnotesonArabicgrammar(107pages).Clearlywritten,each
chapter focuses on a key aspect of traditional grammar and lists the rules of inflection. An excellent

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sourceofinformationforlearningtraditionalgrammarwithequivalentEnglishandArabicterminology.
Thebookcoversasurprisinglywiderangingsetoftopicsgivenitslength.

EnglishTranslationsoftheQuran
TheQuran:ArabicTextwithCorrespondingEnglishMeanings(SahihInternational)
AlmunatadaAlislami,AbulQasimPublishingHouse(1997).

TheMeaningoftheGloriousKoran(MohammedMarmadukePickthall)
ReprintedbyPlume(1997).Firstpublished1930.

TheHolyQuran:TranslationandCommentary(YusufAli)
ReprintedbyIslamicVision(2001).Firstpublished1934.

TheHolyQuranTranslated(M.H.Shakir)
PublishedbyTahrikeTarsileQuran(1999).

TheHolyQuran:ArabicTextandEnglishTranslation(MuhammadSarwar)
PublishedbyElmhurst(1981).

TheNobleQuranintheEnglishLanguage(MohsinKhan)
KingFahdPrintingComplex,Madinah,SaudiArabia(1996).

TheKoranInterpreted:ATranslation(ArthurJohnArberry)
ReprintedbyTouchstone(1996).Firstpublished1955.

AWordforWordMeaningoftheQuran(MuhammadMoharAli)
Inthreevolumes,thisworkprovidesawordbywordtranslationofeachverseoftheQuran.Shownnext
to every two or three Arabic words is a contextual interlinear translation, together with a set of
grammaticalnotesindicatingtheword'sperson,gender,numberandverbform.

DictionariesoftheQuran
VocabularyoftheHolyQuran(AbdullahAbbasNadwi)
Last published in 2006, this dictionary of the Quran shows each conjugated wordform in Arabic
together with its corresponding English translation, based on reputed commentaries of the Quran.
Grammaticalnotesaregivenforeachconjugation.ThedictionaryissortedbyArabicroot(896pages).

DictionaryoftheHolyQuran(AbdulOmar)
This book contains an index for looking up words based on root. Each entry contains meanings from
severalclassicalArabiclexicons,grammatical notes and a count of how many times the root occurs in
theQuran.

AConcordanceoftheQuran(HannaKassis)
Contains a brief discussion of the language of the Quran, including verb forms and the basic partsof
speech. A concordance of 1300 pages makes up the remainder of the book. For each Arabic root, the
corresponding verbs, nouns, participles and adjectives are listed using English transliteration. Each
occuranceofawordisshownalongwithitsversereference,togetherwithacontextualtranslation.The
concordanceexcludesparticles,prepositionsandpronouns,aswellasmostusesoftheverbkna().

QuranicSyntax
DetailedsyntacticanalysisoftheHolyQuran
Thisisasetof12downloadablePDFbooksthatprovideadetailedsyntacticanalysisinArabicforeach
verseoftheHolyQuran.Annotatorsarerecommendedtocomparetheiranalysiswiththesevolumes,as
this is the primary reference for annotating the Quranic Arabic corpus. In this work the syntax of the
Quran is explained through the traditional Arabic grammar of irb (). Each verse is covered in
detail,andtheworkprovidesatleastoneparagraphofsyntacticanalysisforevery2or3wordsinthe
HolyQuran.

GrammaticalanalysisoftheHolyQuran
Another set of downloadable PDFs discussing the Arabic Grammar of the Holy Quran versebyverse,
althoughsomedetailsofthesyntaxareassumedandarenotalwayscoveredindepth.

GrammaroftheHolyQuranattheQuranComplex
AwebsitethatprovidesaconcisesyntacticanalysisforeachverseoftheHolyQuraninArabic,hosted
onlineatthecomplexwhichprintstheHolyQuraninMadinah.

SyntaxoftheHolyQuran
AnotherArabicwebsitethatprovidesasyntacticanalysisforeachverseoftheHolyQuran.

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ArabicGrammarWebsites
Arabicgrammaronline
AwebsiteinEnglishthatprovidesacomprehensiveexplanationoftraditionalArabicgrammar.

sheepoo'sblog
A blog that discusses both the language and meaning of the Holy Quran. The website also contains a
comprehensivesetoflinkstootherArabiclanguagesitesandhasagoodlistofdownloadablePDFfiles
onArabicgrammar.

LanguageResearchGroup CopyrightKaisDukes,20092011.Email:sckd@leeds.ac.uk.Thisisanopensourceproject.
UniversityofLeeds TheQuranicArabicCorpusisavailableundertheGNUpubliclicensewithtermsofuse.
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